Assembler-box elevator for type-line-casting machines.



I. J. OHS.

ASSEMBLER 80x ELEVATOR FOR TYPE LINE CASTING MACHINES.

' APPLICATION men JUNE I. 1916.

Emmi Nov. 20, 191?;

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I. J. OTIS.

ASSEMBLER BOX ELEVATOR- FOR TYPE LINE CASTING MACHINES;

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1. l9l6- 3 snins-saim NTOR. I IQV/M a3; 7"] :11?

Patent/ed m, 20, 11917.

k. i. OTIS. ASSEMBLER BOX ELEVATOR FOR T YPE LINE CAS'HNG MACHINES.

' APPLICATION FILED NINE l. 1916.

llfiwfiwu mm Nov. 20, 1917.

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' ing the assembler box of a .in the ere rnnn" ornrcn VINE- Jl'. OTIS, EPETALUMA, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR 0E ONE-H15 'LG HOMER W.

W001), 015 PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA.

SLBUX ELEVATOR FOR TYPE-LINE-GASTING MACHINES.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. ac, 1911?.

Application filed. June 1, 1916. Serial No. 101,053.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, Invmo J. OTIS, a citizen of the United Statesresidin at Petaluma, in the county of gonoma, t of California, haveinvented a new and useful Assembler-Box Elevator for Type-Line- CastingMachines, of which the ollowing is a specification, in such full andclear terms as will enable those skilled in the art to construct and usethe same.

is invention relates to a device for raislinotype machine to theposition to discharge its llne of mats to the mechanism for casting thetype.

It will beunderstood by those skilled in the art that on the ordinarylinotype machine there is a handle which is used by the operator forlifting the assembler box to the position to discharge its mats. Theop-- eratlon of said handle requires an appreciable length of time andtends to reduce the total output of the machine, so that in the presentinstance the object sought is to provlde a key operated mechanism forraisingthe assembler box, thereby greatly facilltating the work of theoperator and reducing the labor required of him.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that while the devicehas been shown applied to a linotype line casting machine, that it isequally applicable to any other type of matrix carrying machine where itis necessary to operate it in the general manner illustrated herein.

Other objects oi the as the description proceeds.

An embodiment of the invention is shown drawing in which the samereference numeral is applied to the same portion throughout the severalviews, but I am aware that there may be many modifications thereof.

Fi e 1 is a front elevation of a portion of a otype machine showing thelocation of the present apparatus,

Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation of that portion of the linotypemachine at the left of the key-board showing the application of thiselevating device thereto,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan view of the apparatus described herein,

Fig. 4 is an enlarged side elevation of the apgaratu$+described herein,the assembler box eihg shown raised and just on the point ate.

invention-will appear ofoeing disengaged with the lifting wheel, an 1Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view showing the operation of the latch andreleasing spring for enabling the lifting device to engage the liftingwheel' on the line 5-5, F ig. 3. p

u The numeral 1 indicates the base of the lmotype machine, said basesupporting a suitab e frame 2 which carries the vise 3, keyboard 4 andother parts of the machine. The keyboard is provided with a plurality ofkeys 5 and with a handle 6 which may be used at will to lift theassembler box 7.

- The assembler box 7 has theusual thumb levers 8 and 9 for shifting theposition of the type and it is provided with a hook 10 which holds it upuntil the fingers ll carry the line of mats out of the box into the typecasting position. There is a short finger 12 and a longer finger 13carrying'a jointed finger 14, which is held in the position shown inFig. 1 by means of a spring 15 bearing thereon. The fingers 12 and 13are slidable in a guideway 16 and carry the line of mats into the visewhere the cast is made.

The guides for the type are indicated at 17, the type from the guidesdropping down on the belt 18 which passes around the two pulleys l9 and20 and then on the slide or runway 21 from which position they arecarried by means of a wheel 22 having notches therein into the assemblerbox. The assembler box is provided with a bar 23 which serves as aguide, for the lower end of the spacers. The belt 18 drives the pulleyl9 and gear 19', which latter engages a gear 19 and drives the gear 22'and wheel 22".

At the back of the keyboard there is a shaft 24 operated from a beltwhich passes around a pulley 25 and which shaft extends far enough tothe left of the keyboard to support a cone pulley 26, which isadjustthereof in which is mounted a strip of friction material 34. Theupper end of the bar 31 is cut on a bevel as indicated at 36 and isadapted to contact with a bar 37 which disengages the bar from the cone26 and sets it behind the spring 38 when the assembler box has beenraised to the top of its throw.

The spring 38 is carried by the lower arm 29 and is so positioned thatit can-be released from the arm 32 by an upward push from the lever 40.The lever 40 is pivoted at 41 on the side of the main frame of themachine and it has a rod 42 extending through a cleat 43 on the upperend of which is a push button 44, a spring 45 surroun the rod 42 beingused to restore the pus button to its normal position. The upper arm 28carries a short pin 46 which has a coil spring 47 connected therewithand with the upper arm 33 of the lifting bar, the object being to pullthe liftin bar mto con-' tact with the cone with cient force to enableit to raise the assembler box. The

operating handle 6 is carried by a transversely extending shaft 48,which shaft has an arm 49 connected therewith and with a link 50, whichlink is connected to the assembler box frame to enable the assembler boxto be moved byhand whenever necessary.

The shaft 48 is rovided with a depend ing lu 51 to whic a stiff spring52 1s attache the opposite end of said spring being connected with theframe 1 whereby the weight of the assembler box may be preciselybalanced thereby reducing the power required to lift the assembler boxto the exact amount required to lift the line of mats placed therein.The vise 3 is held in place by means of the vise lock 55, said lock eingoperated by means of the handle 56.

The keys 5 deposit the usual matrices found on this class of machine andthere is i also provided a key 56' for supplying spacers to theassembler box.

The 0 eration of the apparatus is as follows: he lino operator depressesthe keys 5 and 56 in e usual manner necessary to deposit the supply ofmatrices and acer bars in the assembler box, all of this in done in thewell known manner accom lishe by such machines. As soon as the ine ofmatrices has been completed he will depress the button 44. T1115 willimmediately release the spring 38 from the arm 32 thereby allowing thestrip of friction materials 34 to swing over into contact with the coneroller 26 and as it is continuously rotatin the assembler box will belifted to the leve of the guide way 16, and as soon as it is so liftethe upper end of the bar 31 will contact with the cam arm 37 and willswing said bar back so that its arm 32 is reen by the end of the spring38. At the same time the fingers 12, 13 and. 14 will carry the line ofmatrices over into the mechanism and the assembler box, will be droppedto its normal position as soon as the hook 10 is released, therebyenabling the workman to continue to operate the t e keys and saving himthe time ordina y necessary to take to raise the assembler box with thelever 6.

Since it is necessary to have manual means for operating the assemblerbox should anything happen to get out of order with the mechanical meansfor operating the same, the handle 6 is allowed to remain on the machineand the assembler box may be raised with it whenever convenient.

Having thus described my invention what I claim. as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is'as follows, expressreservation being made of permissible modifications:

1. The combination with atype line casting machine having keys, matrixdelivering and transferring devices, of an asembler box, a frictionwheel, a bar carried by the assembler box and adapted to engage thefriction wheel to elevate the assembler box, means to hold said barnormally away from said friction wheel, and a key for releasing the-barto allow it to en ge said friction wheel to raise said assemblzr box.

- 2. A type line casti machine having a set of keys, matrix de iveringand transferring devices, an assembler box, a friction wheel, a barcarried by the assembler box and adapted to en age the friction wheel toelevate the assem ler box, a latch to hold said bar normally out ofengagement with said friction wheel, a sp to cause the bar to engage thefriction wheel with sufficient pressure to raise the assembler box,

a cam to disen age the bar from the fric-- tion wheel at t e end of thetravel of the assembler box, and a ke to release said bar to allow it toengage t e friction wheel to raise the assembler box.

3. The combination with a type line casting machine having a set ofkeys, matrix delivering and transferring devices, of an assembler box, arevoluble friction wheel, a bar pivotally sup orted on the assemblerbox, a latch for ho ding said bar normall out of engagement with saidfriction whee a spring to cause said bar to engage said friction wheelwhen the latch is released, and a key for releasing said latch to allowthe assembler box to be elevated.

4. The combination with a type line casting machine having .a pluralityof keys, matrix delivering and transferring devices, of an assemblerbox, said assembler box having a vertically extending arm pivotallysupported thereby, a revolub e cone friction wheel against which saidarm is adapted to bear to elevate the assembler box, a spring catch toengage the arm supporting the bar masses ing machine having keys, typedelivering and type transferrm devices of an assembler box, a revolub econe friction wheel,

a bar pivotally mounted on the assembler box, a spring to pull said barinto engage w ment with said friction wheel when the bar bar, a latch,for holding is released, a spring adapted to hold the bar out ofengagement with said friction wheel, a finger key for releasing saidbarto allow 1t to swing intoengagement with said friction wheel to raisethe assembler box, and means to disengage said bar from said wheel atthe end of its travel and'reset the same to repeat the operation atwill.

6. A mechanical elevator for type line casting machines comprising anassembler box, a revoluble friction wheel, a bar carried by theassembler box, a spring to cause said bar to engage the friction wheelto lift the assembler box, means to disengage said it when sodisengaged, andakey for re permit the assembler box to 'be'raise'd,

7. In an assembler box elevator, the combination of an assembler box, arevoluble wheel, a pivoted bar connected with the box, means to holdsaid bar out of engagement with said wheel, means to release the bar toengage the wheel, and means to release the bar from the wheel at the endof the travel of the assembler box. 7

8. in an assembler box elevator, the comblnatlon of an assembler box, arevoluble wheel, a pivoted bar connected with the box,

easing said latch to V means to hold said bar out of engagement with thewheel, means to release the bar, and means to ull it into engagementwith the wheel to hit the assembler box 9. In an assembler box elevator,the combination with an assembler box of a pivoted A bar connectedthereto, a latch to hold the bar out of engagement with the wheel, meansto release the latch, means to move the bar into en agement with thewheel when the latch 1s released, and means to reset the bar behind thelatch when the box has been raised.

10. An assembler box elevator comprising the combination with anassembler box of a bar pivotallyvmounted thereon to swing laterally, arevoluble wheel, a latch to hold the bar out of engagement with thewheel, means to release said latch, and means to swing the bar intoengagement with the wheel when released to raise the" assembler box.

11. An assembler box elevator comprising the combination of an assemblerbox, a laterally movable bar pivoted thereon, a latch to hold the bar ina given position, a revoluble wheel, a key operated lever to releasesaid latch, means to pull the bar into engagement with the wheel wherebythe box will be raised and means to reset the bar behind the latch whenthe box has been raised to the proper height, the box thereafterreturning to its initial position by gravity.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

IRVENG J. OTIS,

